Essays about: "thesis on aid"

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  1. 16. Strengthening Sovereignty or Creating Dependence : A study on the United Nations and the Dodd-Frank Act’s effect on the autonomy of the Democratic Republic of Congo in mineral conflicts

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Globala studier

    Author : Linn Runesson; Victoria Basualdo; [2023]
    Keywords : The Democratic Republic of Congo; DRC; The United Nations; UN; MONUSCO; Peacekeeping Operations; conflict; the Dodd-Frank Act; minerals; peacekeeping; dependence; dependency; neo-colonialism; autonomy; aid;

    Abstract : As the global demand for natural resources grows, conflicts and instability surrounding minerals and resources continue to mark the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The United Nations (UN) peacekeeping operation MONUSCO has been deployed in the DRC since 2010, and that same year, the United States (US) established the Dodd-Frank Act with its Section 1502 concerning conflict minerals originating from the DRC. READ MORE

  3. 17. Sensitivity of Norway Spruce (Picea abies) to inundation.

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för ekologi, miljö och geovetenskap

    Author : Whitney Cleopatra Vlahakis; [2023]
    Keywords : Inundation; riparian zone; spruce seedlings; restoration; mortality;

    Abstract : Alteration of river flow regimes due to dams result in modifications of riparian ecosystem, with impacts on vegetation, landforms, and habitats. A key characteristic that differentiates riparian zones from adjacent aquatic and terrestrial environments is the event of periodic flooding and water logging. READ MORE

  4. 18. Natural Language Inference Transfer Learning in a Multi-Task Contract Dataset : In the Case of ContractNLI: a Document Information Extraction System

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för lingvistik och filologi

    Author : Yiu Kei Tang; [2023]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the enhancement of legal contract Natural Language Inference (NLI) classification through supervised fine-tuning on general domain NLI, in the case of ContractNLI and Span NLI BERT (Koreeda and Manning, 2021), a multi-task document information extraction dataset and framework. Annotated datasets of a specific professional domain are scarce due to the high time and labour cost required to create them. READ MORE

  5. 19. Patience, the feminine virtue of investing : A mixed-methods approach to studying gender-based investment behaviours and the investment gap.

    University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Företagsekonomi

    Author : Agnes Eriksson; Elsa Leijon; [2023]
    Keywords : Investment Gap; Investment Behaviour; Overconfidence; Risk; Financial Literacy; Financial Advisory; Stereotypes; Gender Bias;

    Abstract : Background – This study discusses gender-based differences in investment behaviour and its economic consequences. Despite significant advancements in gender equality, inequalities such as the gender wealth gap exist. This paper explores the difference in investment behaviour and factors that influence said behaviour. READ MORE

  6. 20. The Portrayal of Orphanage Voluntourism in the Global South : A Critical Discourse Analysis of Two Voluntourism Websites Under Human Rights Aspects

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Elena Wasserzier; [2023]
    Keywords : orphanage voluntourism; children´s rights; Human Rights; discourse;

    Abstract : Orphanage volunteering in the Global South has experienced worldwide criticism in recent years as children’s rights violations have surfaced. This thesis examines the discourse of two organizations (“Global Crossroad” and“uVolunteer) that still offer orphanage voluntourism and assesses in what ways they display neo-colonial characteristics on their websites. READ MORE